lshw can crash arm64 systems
Bug #1284406 reported by
dann frazier
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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lshw |
Unknown
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Unknown
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lshw (Debian) |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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lshw (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
lshw's smbios parsing code pokes at bad places in /dev/mem and can crash the system (oops) when running with sufficient privileges.
Related branches
Changed in lshw (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in lshw (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → High |
Changed in lshw (Debian): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
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The attachment "aarch64- disable- smbios- check.patch" seems to be a debdiff. The ubuntu-sponsors team has been subscribed to the bug report so that they can review and hopefully sponsor the debdiff. If the attachment isn't a patch, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are member of the ~ubuntu-sponsors, unsubscribe the team.
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